Conscience #19

...till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me as long as I live. "May my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous. For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he may gain much, if God takes away his life?

...what is the allotment of God from above, and the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? Is it not destruction for the wicked, and disaster for the workers of iniquity? Does He not see my ways, and count all my steps? "If I have walked with falsehood, or if my foot has hastened to deceit, Let me be weighed on honest scales, that God may know my integrity.

Job 27:5-8, 31:2-6

Father, the entire book of Job is critically important to our understanding. Thank you for all that it teaches. Here Father, Job, after suffering great personal loss, says he will hold fast to righteousness, no matter what happens. Satan was permitted to tempt Job, Father, and You permitted the test.

We too are tempted by Satan more than we sometimes realize. Help us O'God to recognize temptation as it comes at us in so many different ways and to flee from it, to turn away from it and to refuse, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to be overcome by it. You have taught us that what our heart tells us is sin, is indeed sin. We thank You father for writing the truth upon our hearts allowing us to discern between good and evil. In Jesus Holy name, we pray, amen.



Bruce Caldwell